安東

See also: 安东

Chinese

		content; calm; still content; calm; still; quiet; to pacify; peace; how	east
trad. (安東)		安	東
simp. (安东)		安	东
anagram		東安／东安

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Āndōng

(Zhuyin): ㄢㄉㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): on¹ dung¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): An-tang

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Āndōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄢㄉㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Andong
  - Wade–Giles: An¹-tung¹
  - Yale: Ān-dūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Andong
  - Palladius: Аньдун (Anʹdun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀän⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: on¹ dung¹
  - Yale: ōn dūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: on¹ dung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: on¹ dung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːn⁵⁵ tʊŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: An-tang
  - Tâi-lô: An-tang
  - Phofsit Daibuun: andafng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /an⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /an³³ taŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /an⁴⁴⁻²² taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /an⁴⁴⁻³³ taŋ⁴⁴/

Proper noun

安東

(～市) Andong (a city in South Korea)
(～省) (historical) Andong (a former province of China)
(～市) Old name for 丹東／丹东 (Dāndōng).
a transliteration of the Russian male given name Анто́н (Antón)

Descendants

→ English: Antung